Open Access: What You Need to Know Now (ALA Editions Special Report) - Softcover

Crawford, Walt

 
9780838911068: Open Access: What You Need to Know Now (ALA Editions Special Report)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0838911064 ISBN 13: 9780838911068
Verlag: ALA Editions, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

Academic libraries routinely struggle to afford access to expensive journals, and patrons may not be able to obtain every scholarly paper they need. Is Open Access (OA) the answer? In this ALA Editions Special Report, Crawford helps readers understand what OA is (and isn't), as he concisely * Analyzes the factors that brought us to the current state of breakdown, including the skyrocketing costs of science, technolgy, engineering, and medicine (STEM) journals; consolidation of publishers and diminishing price competition; and shrinking library budgets * Summarizes the benefits and drawbacks of different OA models, such as "Green," "Gold," "Gratis," "Libre," and various hybrid forms * Discusses ways to retain peer-review, and methods for managing the OA in the library, including making OA scholarly publishing available to teh general public Addressing the subject from the library perspective while taking a realistic view of corporate interests, Crawford presents a coherent review of what Open Access is today and what it may become.

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Verlag
ALA Editions
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0838911064
ISBN 13 
9780838911068
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
82
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